Department Responsibilities
* Lead the Mechanical Engineering department, providing strategic direction, resource planning, performance oversight, and operational management.
* Allocate engineering resources across all mechanical workstreams, ensuring appropriate skills, capacity, and support are available to meet project demand.
* Monitor and report departmental utilisation, balancing workload across teams and identifying capacity constraints or optimisation opportunities.
* Oversee the quality of mechanical engineering outputs, ensuring adherence to engineering standards, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
* Review and track departmental non-conformances and cost-of-poor-quality (COPQ), ensuring timely investigation, corrective actions, and prevention measures.
* Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, documentation, design methodologies, and department workflows.
* Support pre-sales process by reviewing and optimising lead times for prospective projects.
* Lead the delivery of strategic initiatives and improvement programmes in collaboration with senior leadership.
* Develop and mentor Team Leaders and senior engineers, fostering talent development and succession planning.
* Support the creation and maintenance of a positive, collaborative, and high-performance culture within the department.
Project & Delivery Responsibilities
* Collaborate with Project Responsible Engineers (PREs) to ensure progress is on track, engineering plans remain viable, and key milestones will be met.
* Provide oversight and governance to ensure project designs align with customer requirements, internal standards, and regulatory obligations.
* Monitor engineering progress across all mechanical work packages, identifying risk areas, resource bottlenecks, or schedule threats and intervening where necessary.
* Work closely with Project Management to ensure accurate planning, forecasting, and integration of mechanical engineering deliverables within the wider project schedule.
* Coordinate closely with the Controls Engineering and Electrical teams to ensure seamless interdisciplinary collaboration and best project outcomes.
* Support root-cause investigation and resolution of technical issues, engineering errors, or design challenges affecting project performance.
* Provide clear communication to senior leadership and stakeholders on departmental status, risks, performance trends, utilisation, and quality metrics.
Qualifications
* Proven experience leading or managing mechanical engineering teams within an automation, machinery, or complex engineered systems environment.
* Strong background in mechanical design, engineering governance, and adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements.
* Demonstrable experience in resource planning, capacity management, and departmental performance tracking.
* Experience overseeing the delivery of multiple engineering projects simultaneously, ensuring quality and schedule adherence.
* Solid understanding of engineering project lifecycles, milestone planning, and cross-functional dependencies.
* Experience managing engineering non-conformances, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and cost-of-poor-quality reduction.
* Strong leadership capabilities with experience developing engineering teams, mentoring senior engineers, and fostering high performance.
* Experience participating in or leading continuous improvement initiatives or large-scale engineering process changes.
* Degree, HND/HNC, or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline.
* Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals, mechanical design principles, and industry standards relevant to automated machinery.
* Proficiency with mechanical engineering tools and documentation (CAD awareness, design specifications, technical files), with the ability to evaluate completeness and quality.
Mpac is a global leader in automation and packaging solutions, known for combining advanced engineering with a people-focused, collaborative culture. With over a century of innovation, the company designs and supports integrated automation systems that help customers stay competitive across industries such as food, beverage, healthcare, and clean energy.
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